Awards and Achievements | Prix et réalisations

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Call for Contributions: We are always looking to acknowledge the successes of those in the geography community. Share a recent award or achievement, either for yourself or for a colleague, by sending it in to info@cag-acg.ca. ​​

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Appel à contributions : Nous cherchons toujours à reconnaître les succès des membres de la communauté géographique. Partagez un prix ou une réalisation récente, pour vous-même ou pour un collègue, en l'envoyant à info@cag-acg.ca.​​

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Calls for Papers and Upcoming Events

Appels à communications et événements à venir

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CAG 2024 Annual Meeting and Conference: The 74th Annual Meeting and Conference of the Canadian Association of Geographers will be hosted by the Department of Geography at the Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN) from August 14th - 18th, 2024, following the theme edges. The deadline to register has now closed. However, the deadline to submit poster presentations remains open until June 30th. For more information on this year's Conference, please see here. 

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CoPEH-Canada Course and webinar series on Ecosystem Approaches to Health: CoPEH-Canada will be hosting a series of webinars from May 9 - June 4, 2024, surrounding the theme “Climate Health Equity and Reciprocity.” This webinar series covers the main orientations of the Ecosystem approaches to health (complexity/systems thinking, transdisciplinarity, (ecosystem) sustainability, social and gender equity, participation, and knowledge to action). This course is available to graduate students from all disciplines and also to professionals interested in these themes. CoPEH-Canada is pleased to announce that the yearly course will be offered at the usual sites (UQAM, Guelph, UNBC, online) PLUS a group at SFU! Please visit the website for more details. 

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Stratus 2024: The Systems and Technologies for Remote Sensing Applications Through Unmanned Aerial Systems (STRATUS) conference will take place May 20-22, 2024 in Syracuse, NY. It will bring together academics, industry representatives, and domain specialists to share perspectives on this rapidly evolving topic. Find out more.  

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Call for Nominations - Canada’s Volunteer Awards 2024: It is time to nominate an outstanding individual, a not-for-profit organization, a social enterprise, or a socially responsible business who has made a significant contribution in improving the lives of others in their community through volunteering. Help them get the recognition they deserve. The nomination period is officially open and will run until June 12, 2024. For more information or to nominate a candidate please see here.

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Congress 2024: The next Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences will be held at McGill University from June 12 to 21, 2024. Registration is now open! To register please visit the website. To stay up to date follow the Federation on social media  (@federation_hss) or sign up for the Congress newsletter. 

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North Atlantic Forum (NAF) 2024: The NAF bi-annual international conference will be taking place in Connemara, Ireland from June 17-21, 2024 with the theme Sustainable Livelihoods: Regenerating Integrated Development through Innovative Communities. The deadline for submitting abstracts is now closed. Please see here for more details. 

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2024 International Association for Society and Natural Resources (IASNR) Conference: The annual meeting of the IASNR (formerly known as the ISSRM) will be taking place in Cairns, Australia from June 23-27, 2024. The IASNR conference emphasizes local to global resource management issues, environmental justice, collaborative stakeholder processes, and the social impacts of natural resource management. The deadline for submitting abstracts is now closed. To learn more about the Conference, please see here. 

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Nature Based Coastal Solutions and Ecological Restoration Symposium 2024: The Coastal Zone Canada’s Nature Based Coastal Solutions Community of Practice and TransCoastal Adaptations will be hosting the Nature Based Coastal Solutions and Ecological Restoration Symposium in conjunction with the Society for Ecological Restoration Eastern Canada. This event will be hosted at Saint Mary’s University from June 23 - 27, 2024. For more details, please visit here. 

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SUMSF 2024: The Virtual Subsurface Utility Mapping Strategy Forum Conference will take place June 25-26, 2024. SUMSF 2024 is a free virtual event that will bring together individuals and organizations who wish to share information about and contribute to improving the mapping of underground infrastructure. Learn more here.

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CANQUA–CGRG 2024: The Canadian Quaternary Association and the Canadian Geomorphology Research Group Biennial Meeting will be held in Regina, SK, August. 18–21, 2024. Registration is open until August 18th.

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The International Geographical Congress (IGC2024): The 35th IGC2024 will be taking place in Dublin, Ireland from August 24-30, 2024 and will focus on the topic of Geographies and Mobilities of Hiking in the Post-Pandemic Anthropocene. The deadline for abstract submission is now closed. For more details and requirements, please see here. 

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16th Conference on Spatial Information Theory (COSIT 2024): The 16th Conference on Spatial Information Theory will be held in Quebec City, Canada from September 17-20, 2024. The theme of this year's COSIT is "spatial information theory for transparent translational research." Established in 1993, COSIT is a biennial international conference series concerned with theoretical aspects of space and spatial information. Please  See here to register.

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Assemblée annuelle et congrès de l'ACG 2024 : La 74e assemblée annuelle et congrès de l'Association canadienne des géographes sera accueillie par le département de géographie de l'Université Memorial de Terre-Neuve (MUN) du 14 au 18 août 2024, sur le thème des limites. La date limite d'inscription est maintenant terminée. Cependant, la date limite de soumission des présentations d'affiches reste ouverte jusqu'au 30 juin. Pour plus d'informations sur le congrès de cette année, veuillez cliquer ici.

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CoPEH-Canada Formation sur les approches écosystémiques de la santé : CoPEH-Canada organise une série de webinaires du 9 mai au 4 juin 2024 sur le thème « la justice climatique et sanitaire et les relations mutuellement bénéfiques. » Cette série de webinaires abordent les principales orientations guidant les approches écosystémiques de la santé (complexité/pensée systémique, transdisciplinarité, participation de multiples actrices et acteurs, durabilité des écosystèmes, équité sociale et de genre, mobilisation des connaissances/passage du savoir à l’action). Cette formation est offerte aux étudiantes et étudiants des cycles supérieurs de toutes les disciplines et toutes les universités, de même qu’aux professionnelles et professionnels intéressés·es par ces thématiques. CoPEH-Canada est heureux d'annoncer que le cours annuel sera offert aux sites habituels (UQAM, Guelph, UNBC, en ligne) PLUS un groupe à SFU ! Veuillez visiter le site web pour plus de détails.

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Mise en candidature - Les prix pour le bénévolat du Canada 2024 : C’est le moment de présenter la candidature d’une personne exceptionnelle, d’un organisme sans but lucratif, d’une entreprise sociale ou d’une entreprise socialement responsable qui a grandement contribué à améliorer la vie des autres au moyen du bénévolat. Aidez-les à obtenir la reconnaissance qu’ils méritent. La période de mise en candidature est officiellement lancée et se déroulera jusqu’au 12 juin 2024. Pour plus d'informations ou pour proposer un candidat, veuillez cliquer ici.

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Congrès 2024 : Le prochain Congrès des sciences humaines se tiendra à l'Université McGill du 12 au 21 juin 2024. Les inscriptions sont ouvertes ! Pour vous inscrire, veuillez consulter le site web. Pour rester informé, suivez la Fédération sur les médias sociaux (@federation_hss) ou inscrivez-vous à la lettre d'information du Congrès. 

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New in Canadian Geographies

Nouveau dans géographies canadiennes

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Just published! The latest articles in CG.

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Tout juste publié ! Les derniers articles dans GC.

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Editor's Picks for May / Sélections de la Rédactrice en mai :

• Investigating student perceptions and vulnerability to heat stress in campus residences using Reddit: Climate change, health, and wellbeing

​by Yuki Yeung

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• Le quartier : Soutien et générateur des interactions sociales pour l’innovation?

par David Doloreux​

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Also new in CG / Nouvellement publié dans GC : 

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Lorelei L. Hanson (Book Review): Climate justice and participatory research: Building climate-resilient commons By Patricia E. Perkins (Ed.), Calgary: University of Calgary Press. 2023

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Jade Louise Baird (Book Review): Revenant ecologies: Defying the violence of extinction and conservation By Audra Mitchell, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. 2023

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Matthew Farish, Leah Fusco: The path to Panarctic: The emergence of an extractive frontier in Arctic Canada, 1948–1958

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Niko Yiannakoulias, Eva Boomsma: Sometimes simple is good enough: An analysis of methods for residential building population estimation

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Phillip Gordon Mackintosh (Book Review): Expressive acts: Celebrations and demonstrations in the streets of Victorian Toronto By  Ian Radforth, Toronto: University of Toronto Press.  2023

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Merje Kuus: What makes a wine region worth visiting: Place and beauty in Okanagan Valley, British Columbia

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Call for Book Reviewers - Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes : 

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As we ease into warmer weather, do you have reading plans?

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The journal, Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes, has the following books available for review. If interested, please send an email to the Book Review Editor, Nalini Mohabir, with a brief explanation of why you are well-suited to review the book (i.e., how it fits with your expertise).

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Please note, book reviews usually run between 500–750 words. For collections of essays or books of particular significance (noted by the review editor at the invitation stage), reviews may range up to 900 words.  

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We have a wide range of books available for review:

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• Borders, Human Itineraries, and All Our Relation by  D. Adeyemo, N. Diaz, N.Y. Kisukidi, and R. Walcott (Duke University Press, 2024)

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• The Elgar Companion to Valleys. Edited by LM Aguiar, D Senese, and DE French (Elgar, 2023)

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• The Canadian Mountain Assessment: Walking Together to Enhance Understanding of Mountains in Canada. Edited by G. McDowell, M. Stevens, S. Marshall et al. (University of Calgary, 2023)

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• The Jail is Everywhere: Fighting the New Geography of Mass Incarceration. Edited by J. Norton, L. Pelot-Hobbs, and J. Schept. (Verso, 2024)

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• Garden Inventories: Reflections on Land, Place and Belonging by Mariam Pirbhai (Wolsak & Wynn, 2023)

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• Making Space for Indigenous Feminism, 3rd edition. Edited by Gina Starblanket (Fernwood Press, 2024)

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• Canada as a Settler Colony on the Question of Palestine. Edited by J. Wildeman and MM Ayash (University of Alberta, 2023)

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• Sustainable Energy Transitions in Canada. Edited by M. Winfield, S. Hill, and J. Gaede. (UBC, 2023)

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• Geologic Life by Kathryn Yusoff (Duke University Press, 2024)

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Other Recent Geography Publications 

Autres publications géographiques récentes

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Emotion, Space and Society, Volume 51

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Global Environmental Change, Volume 86

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International Journal of Geo-Information, Volume 33, Issue 5

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The Geographical Journal, Volume 190, Issue 2

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Liste RGQ

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Job Postings | Offres d'emploi

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Advisor, Indigenous Relations - BC Public Service

Deadline/Date limite: 05-26-2024. [More information / Plus d'info]

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Vancouver Island Forestry Opportunities (Multiple Positions) - BC Public Service

Deadline/Date limite: 05-27-2024. [More information / Plus d'info]

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Postdoctoral Fellowship (2 Year) - Carleton University & Simon Fraser University

Deadline/Date limite: 05-30-2024. [More information / Plus d'info]

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Academic Programming Appointment - University of Saskatchewan

Deadline/Date limite: 06-11-2024. [More information / Plus d'info]

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Thesis-based Masters Student in Planning Studies - Dalhousie University

Deadline/Date limite: 06-13-2024. [More information / Plus d'info]

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Chaire de Recherche du Canada (Niveau 2) - Université de Moncton

Deadline/Date limite: 06-15-2024. [More information / Plus d'info]

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Maîtrise en géomatique appliquée 1 - Université de Sherbrooke

Deadline/Date limite: Open until filled. [More information / Plus d'info]

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Maîtrise en géomatique appliquée 2 - Université de Sherbrooke

Deadline/Date limite: Open until filled. [More information / Plus d'info]

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Queen's National Scholar in Indigenous Science - Queen's University

Deadline/Date limite: Open until filled. [More information / Plus d'info]

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Graduate Student Positions - Wilfrid Laurier University

Deadline/Date limite: Open until filled. [More information / Plus d'info]

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Assistant Professor of Instruction - Northwestern University

Deadline/Date limite: Open until filled. [More information / Plus d'info]

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Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Physical Geography - Trinity Western University

Deadline/Date limite: Open until filled. [More information / Plus d'info]

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PhD Graduate Student Position - University of New Hampshire

Deadline/Date limite: Open until filled. [More information / Plus d'info]

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Funded Master's and PhD Opportunities - University of Regina & York University

Deadline/Date limite: Open until filled. [More information / Plus d'info]

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News and Announcements | Nouvelles et annonces

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PCAG Prairie Perspectives Returns: We are happy to share the return of Prairie Perspectives: Geographical Essays. Prairie Perspectives is an open-access, peer-reviewed publication of the Prairie Division of the Canadian Association of Geographers (PCAG). This latest Volume, Volume 23, marks an anticipated return since it was last published in 2021. Check out Volume 23 here. 

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PCAG 2024 Annual Conference: The Prairie Division of the Canadian Association of Geographers are happy to announce that the upcoming Annual Conference will be hosted in Grand Forks, North Dakota from September 27 - 29, 2024. Stay tuned as more details become available.   

 

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Congrès annuel de PCAG 2024 : La Division des Prairies de l'Association canadienne des géographes est heureuse d'annoncer que le prochain congrès annuel aura lieu à Grand Forks, North Dakota, du 27 au 29 septembre 2024. Restez à l'écoute dès que de nouveaux détails seront disponibles. 

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Nouveau livre : Transitions socioécologiques et milieux de vie : Sophie L. Van Neste, Patrice Melé, et Corinne Larrue ont le plaisir de partager le lien vers la version électronique en libre accès d’un livre qui vient d'être publié aux Presses de l'Université de Montréal. Cet ouvrage intitulé Transitions socioécologiques et milieux de vie : Entre expérimentation, politisation et institutionnalisation est issu d’une série de séminaires qui ont réuni des chercheur.e.s québécois.es et français.es. Suivez le lien ici. 

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The CAG works for Geographers! L'ACG, au service des géographes 

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